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66 year-old father, lawyer, teacher, writer. Cleveland, Ohio USA he/him/his Remember: breathe!

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It’s the same thing with Palestine tbh. There is no actually existing Palestinian faction that commands armed men that I support. I just want *my country* to stop subsidizing the other party to that conflict because there is no compelling moral or realpolitik reason to do so and many reasons not to

06.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 270 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches At least the specter of corruption in previous presidential administrations (Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich or Biden’s pardon of his son) appeared to be an exception to the rule. Today, however, the ev...

That is insane: "Biden’s pardons eliminated roughly $680,000 in financial penalties owed to victims or the government. In contrast, Trump’s second-term pardons have forgiven criminal debts of more than $1.5 billion." www.cato.org/blog/embarra...

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06.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 1697 πŸ” 450 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 21

I know what your problem is.

I’m seriously starting to think there’s something genetically linked to why Black Folks and Jews always get the message but a certain demographic doesn’t.

I can’t qwhite put my finger on it though πŸ€”

07.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

3/ bsky.app/profile/jenn...

07.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
X.com
The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE......
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump X.com The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE...... 7:14 AM β€’ 10/9/19

Throwback to 2019:

07.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

This.


The image is of graves being dug for the girls killed when the U.S. bombed their school.

06.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 663 πŸ” 240 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

β€œMy total and utter victory over my ex-wife will be signified by her moving in with that guy Rick.”

06.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1552 πŸ” 202 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 6
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Excuse the bad language, but this is where we are at right now:

05.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 3591 πŸ” 1130 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 50
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@mwuerker.bsky.social

07.03.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The New Yorker
Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S.
now

The New Yorker Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S. now

I don’t think the incompetence actually is going to be what Kristi Noem is remembered for.

It will be the killings, the lawlessness, and the grift, if I had to guess.

06.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 2896 πŸ” 458 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 43
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Dropkick Murphys finish up their set at a benefit show across from Alex Pretti Memorial: β€œWe’ll never forget what we saw with our own eyes, we’ll never forget what we’ve seen here today. thank we’ve seen here today. Thank you all for allowing us to come bear witness with you, thank you Minnesota!”.

07.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 1513 πŸ” 328 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 26

Hegseth and Trump are war criminals! Nazis are the ones who don't follow rules of engagement. My father would not have survived his captured during the Battle of the Bulge by Nazis who did follow those rules. U.S. GIs captured a few miles a way in Malmedy were massacred by their captors.

06.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

War is Peace

06.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countriesβ€”including the United States.

"We aren't following any stupid rules of engagement." Hegseth orders a submarine to sink an unarmed Iranian naval vessel in the Indian Ocean to participate in India's peace exercises. A war crime? Well, the US tried, convicted and imprisoned German naval officers for doing roughly the same thing.

06.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 14

he is a very disturbed person. that he considers himself a Christian and is considered one baffles me

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It's always been plain to me that white Americans, not anti-Israel sentiment, has been the source of the antisemitism in the U.S. Until recently . . . . But we American Jews suffer either way, while Israel also makes itself inhospitable to us (and a good portion of my Israeli friends and relatives)

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Krugman is right: there was no plan but decapitate the leadership and hope for the best. Thanks for stepping up, Congress.πŸ˜’ tinyurl.com/mrxu7y7n

06.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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In a new TIME interview, Trump casually acknowledged Americans could face retaliatory attacks at home due to his escalating war with Iran. β€œI guess,” he said when asked about the risk, adding: β€œWhen you go to war, some people will die.” time.com/7382697/trum...

06.03.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 1891 πŸ” 776 πŸ’¬ 314 πŸ“Œ 101

corruption night & day and no one stopping it.

06.03.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Posted by the Kurdistan social media page.

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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...

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Brendan Loper, The New Yorker

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Kelly: "You could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in DC and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now. They don't have a goal, there's no strategic plan. And what this is likely to lead to is, again, a long war with a lot of dead Americans."

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Spanish PM SΓ‘nchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

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05.03.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year β€” well under one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to UN estimates.

With the US military spending $1 billion a day on a pedophile's whims, remember that the UN estimates that it costs about $93 billion to end world hunger.

The *first* 93 days of this decade+ war, could be spent ending world hunger, if anyone in power actually wanted to

news.un.org/en/story/202...

05.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

at least someone has looked at one of the transactions this administration has engaged in, every single one of which no doubt has a cut going to people in or close to the administration

04.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kraken Donates $1M to Pro-Trump PAC to Support Crypto Privacy Rights - Decrypt Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the fight for crypto in the United States is "far from over,” as the exchange looks to back pro-crypto policy.

β€œBizarre”

decrypt.co/341043/krake...

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